Railway Group Session at Brewood

Another in the series of 'occasional sessions' was held on Wednesday, 12th June 2013. In addition to the 'regulars' Phil, Keith, Ian, Mike and the writer, David (Mike's father) joined us.

Clockwise from front: Keith, Phil, Mike, David, Ian.

Ian showed us some of his recent research on Norton Junction and the South Stafford Line - he has built up very comprehensive information including photographs, maps, old drawings, old documents together with drawings and documents Ian has produced.

Mike had been busy scanning David's photographs from the steam era and 'Photoshopping' them for best results. They were displayed using a laptop, computer projector and projection screen. There's only limited information on dates and locations so the team tried to assist. We didn't see all the pictures this time, so we look forward to meeting again before too long.

Keith had brought his presentation 'Black Country Railways from the Air' and took us through it. The photographs are taken from The English Heritage Archive and the quality of some of these shots - the earlier ones taken hand-held from biplanes - is remarkable. The archive is now based at Swindon and forms a significant resource for historians and modellers.

A screenshot from Keith's presentation 'Black Country Railways from the Air', showing Walsall station.

Previous meetings have been held:

Sunday, 14 February 2010
Tuesday, 27 September 2011
Monday, 6 February 2012

A few pictures from these meetings are here.